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Deuteronomy 2:24

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2:24 Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, 1  and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war!

Deuteronomy 32:49

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32:49 “Go up to this Abarim 2  hill country, to Mount Nebo (which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho 3 ) and look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites as a possession.
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[2:24]  1 sn Heshbon is the name of a prominent site (now Tell Hesba„n, about 7.5 mi [12 km] south southwest of Amman, Jordan). Sihon made it his capital after having driven Moab from the area and forced them south to the Arnon (Num 21:26-30). Heshbon is also mentioned in Deut 1:4.

[32:49]  2 sn Abarim. This refers to the high plateau region of the Transjordan, the highest elevation of which is Mount Pisgah (or Nebo; cf. Deut 34:1). See also the note on the name “Pisgah” in Deut 3:17.

[32:49]  3 map For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.



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